New Delhi, June 16 -- Four days after the horrific crash of an Air India plane AI-717 that claimed over 270 lives, the government of India-led high-level multi-disciplinary committee on Monday deliberated on various possible theories that could have led to the country's worst air disaster in decades.

Chaired by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, the panel heard to the opinions of various stakeholders about the possible causes of the aircrash. Apart from this, the panel also discussed "formulating Standard Operating Procedures for preventing such occurrences in the future".

According to the details, 119 victims have so far been identified through DNA matching. While 76 bodies were handed over to their families.

Earlier on Thursday, a Lo...